Iconography - Bill Nelson's Orchestra Arcana

NEW REMASTERED
EDITION OF THE DEBUT ALBUM BY BILL NELSON’S ORCHESTRA ARCANA – UNAVAILABLE FOR
OVER TEN YEARS

BOOKLET WITH
FULLY RESTORED ARTWORK & NEW ESSAY

ESOTERIC
RECORDINGS imprint Cocteau Discs, the home of BILL NELSON’s catalogue between
1971 and 2001, continues their series of on-going releases with the release of
a newly remastered edition of the album, "ICONOGRAPHY”. The album was issued in
1986 credited to ORCHESTRA ARCANA, due to the contractual situation Bill found
himself in with CBS Records. The music within comprises recordings made at
Bill’s Echo Observatory home studio in 1984 and 1985.

BILL NELSON
reflected on the album thus; "Whilst these recordings are "lo fi” in nature, I
have always been fond of them. These recordings serve as a reminder that
expensive technology isn’t always the key to creativity”.

"Iconography”
is a fine album that remains fascinating and engaging nearly three decades
later.

The Cocteau
Discs edition fully restores the original album artwork and features a new note
by Bill Nelson. It also features two bonus tracks from the "Sex Psyche Etc.” EP
released in 1985.

The long overdue reissue of this classic 1982 album 'The Anvil', by the pioneers of the New Romantic movement, Visage.

The album reached No.6 in the UK album charts. The album produced two hit singles for the band, 'The Damned Don't Cry' (No.11) and 'Night Train' (No.12). Visage were a super group of their day, formed by Steve Strange and ex-Rich Kid Rusty Egan, they recruited Billy Currie and Midge Ure from Ultravox, Dave Formula and Barry

Adamson from Magazine and John McGeogh from Siouxsie & The Banshees.

Together they produced 2 innovative and commercially successful albums with the resulting 5 hit singles. This CD reissue features 6 bonus tracks not included on the original 9 track release. These include dance mixes of the hit singles 'Mind Of A Toy' and 'The Damned Don't Cry' and the rare b-sides 'Motivation' and 'I'm Still Searching'. The CD booklet features sleeve notes, discography and all the single sleeves taken from the original album. As the leading lights of the New Romantic movement, Visage's legacy is lasting. The band's reputation for producing quality electronic pop lives on.

Cherry Red Records are proud to announce the very overdue reissue of this cult album by the highly original and innovative technological funksters, Fashion. The band moved the musical boundaries with their unique blend of synths, bass lines and infectious pop in the early 1980's. The CD features all their best loved tracks from their 'heyday' with the cult singles "Streetplayer-Mechanik", "Move On", "Love Shadow" and "Something In Your Picture" included.
Other essential Fashion tracks on the CD are "Do You Wanna Make Love", "White Stuff" and "Love Shadow Smokey Dialogue". Fashion still enjoy a strong reputation for their pioneering recordings that paved the way for many other artists in the 80's. They together with cult German record producer, Zeus B Held made recordings that influenced many recording giants including Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Trevor Horn, Depeche Mode and many more. Their music still sounds fresh today and will appeal to a whole new audience.

PLEASE NOTE THIS ITEM IS DUE TO BE BACK IN STOCK AND AVAILABLE AGAIN IN JULY 2014!!

Released on 22/02/10 Esoteric Recordings are proud to announce the release of a newly re-mastered and expanded of Galactic Zoo Dossier , the first album by Arthur Brown's Psych / Space Rock outfit Kingdom Come. Issued on Polydor in 1971, the album launched the band, gaining instant notoriety. Touching on the musical territory of fellow travellers Hawkwind, Galactic Zoo Dossier was a masterwork and is now rightly regarded as a classic. This newly remastered edition includes bonus tracks of three alternate versions of Metal Monster , Space Plucks and Sunrise , together with both tracks from a BBC Radio One John Peel session from March 1971 (previously unreleased on CD).

Kingdom Come, the second album by Arthur Brown's Psych / Space Rock outfit Kingdom Come. Issued on Polydor in 1972, the album enhanced the notoriety of the band. Touching on the musical territory of fellow travellers HAWKWIND, Kingdom Come was a masterwork and is now rightly regarded as a classic.
This newly re-mastered edition includes bonus tracks of three alternate mixes, together with two recordings from BBC Radio One John Peel sessions from 1971 (previously unreleased on CD). Kingdom Come joins a 2CD edition of Journey in the continuation of Esoteric's Arthur Brown re-mastered series.

ESOTERIC RECORDINGS imprint Cocteau Discs, the
home of BILL NELSON’s catalogue between 1971 and 2001, continues their
series of ongoing
releases with the release of a re-mastered edition of the album, "Luminous” from 1990.
The album has been unavailable for over 20 years and was described by
BILL NELSON as "A fragment from my home studio sketchbook. A collection
of previously
unreleased songs which have been preserved in their original raw state.
The rule was to use only first takes and to move from the initial idea
to final mix
in as short a time as possible. Although the recordings were made with
the use of limited technology, I hope that the result captures something
of the charm
and innocence of spontaneous improvised songwriting…”

Press:-

"Post-Bop Bill delivers the dreamy synthpop
goodies. He was the sparkling axe victimiser in Be Bop Deluxe, the uniformed
new waver in Bill Nelson’s Red Noise, and a solo artist and producer who very
nearly fit the 80s perfectly with his dreamy synthpop.”